Earlean Collins

Earlean Collins
Member of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 1st district
In office
December 1998 (1998-12) – December 2014 (2014-12)
Preceded byDarlena Williams-Burnett
Succeeded byRichard Boykin
Illinois State Senator
In office
1976–1998
Succeeded byKimberly A. Lightford
Personal details
Born (1937-09-04) September 4, 1937 (age 87)[1]
Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
ProfessionAttorney

Earlean Collins (born September 4, 1937) is an American politician. In 1976, Collins became the first African-American woman elected to the Illinois Senate, where she rose to leadership positions. In 1994, she was the Democratic Party candidate for comptroller of Illinois.[2][3]

Collins left the Illinois Senate to run for the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the 1998 election. From 1998 to 2014, she was the member of the County Board from the 1st district, representing an area that included the Humboldt Park, West Garfield Park, Austin and Montclare areas of the City of Chicago as well as the surrounding suburbs of Oak Park, Forest Park, Maywood, Broadview, Westchester, Bellwood and Hillside.[4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Honorable Earlean Collins - The History Makers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994,' Biographical Sketch of Earlean Collins, pg. 69
  4. ^ "Cook County Commissioner District 1 Municipalities" (PDF). Office of the Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  5. ^ "Map of the Montclare Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  6. ^ "Map of the West Garfield Park Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  7. ^ "Map of the Austin Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  8. ^ "Map of the Humboldt Park Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.